Dec 31, 2014 · I suppose it's possible the expression was used (on rare occasions) in the mid-1800s, but I'd have thought that would be largely irrelevant to it being revived/coined by cartoon characters …

Oct 15, 2012 · @TobiasKienzler StephenStraight is saying the Grawlixes only define spoken/verbalized censorship, like in comics' speech bubbles (auditorily imagine the Charlie Brown/Peanuts teacher …

Jul 17, 2012 · The "origin" of the term "absolutely" came from the "carTOON" industry and decades of generations of people calling the characters in WB and Disney cartoons "toons". But, the regular …

May 26, 2011 · 73 In cartoons and comics it's not uncommon to see a series of Z's to indicate that a person is in deep slumber, such as in the following political cartoon. (source: Berkeley Daily Planet) …

Oct 28, 2022 · 6 You might just say I prefer movies that aren't animated, or movies with live actors. The other sense of animated could interfere with its use to mean with cartoon characters.

Jul 25, 2014 · All this rubbish about cannons and early 60s cartoon characters is puritanical avoidance of issue and use of euphemistic metaphors. The shock value of the use of this term socially or …

What is a word to describe the theme song of a show, such as a movie or cartoon, in which it recurs often, but in a toned-down mode such as played softly by a single horn or string instrument.

Mar 20, 2023 · In old cartoons, particularly "Little Red Riding Rabbit" of Looney Tunes, characters say "to have" with a meaning that seems different to the modern sense. For example, in the said cartoon, …

It's been around a lot longer than the TV series Dexter. poindexter “nerdy intellectual,” by 1986, U.S. teenager slang, from the character Poindexter, introduced 1959 in the made-for-TV cartoon version …

This was the name of a cartoon character created in World War Two, and it became a term for the kind of person you are trying to characterize. Here's the definition found in The Free Dictionary (online): …